Track Listing
DISC 1: BOATS:
1. Son of a Son of a Sailor
2. Havana Daydreamin'
3. Manana
4. Treat Her Like a Lady
5. Steamer
6. Jolly Mon Sing
7. Nautical Wheelers
8. Take It Back
9. On a Slow Boat to China
10. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
11. Love and Luck
12. Captain and the Kid, The
13. Tryin' to Reason With Hurricane Season
14. Boat Drinks
15. One Particular Harbour
16. Pirate Looks at Forty, A
17. Lovely Cruise

DISC 2: BEACHES:
1. Margaritaville
2. Grapefruit
3. Ragtop Day
4. Frank and Lola
5. Tin Cup Chalice
6. Knees of My Heart
7. Money Back Guarantee
8. When the Coast Is Clear
9. Biloxi
10. Distantly in Love
11. Coconut Telegraph
12. Stars on the Water
13. Who's the Blonde Stranger?
14. I Have Found Me a Home
15. Christmas in the Caribbean
16. Volcano
17. Brown Eyed Girl
18. Cheeseburger in Paradise

DISC 3: BARS:
1. Fins
2. Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful, The
3. Tampico Trauma
4. Livingston Saturday Night
5. Cuban Crime of Passion
6. First Look
7. Wino and I Know, The
8. Great Filling Station Holdup, The
9. Why Don't We Get Drunk
10. Elvis Imitators
11. Pencil Thin Mustache
12. Kick It in Second Wind
13. Desperation Samba (Halloween in Tijuana)
14. When Salome Plays the Drum
15. They Don't Dance Like Carmen No More
16. Pascagoula Run, The
17. Sending the Old Man Home
18. Domino College

DISC 4: BALLADS:
1. Come Monday
2. Defying Gravity
3. Survive
4. Incommunicado
5. I Heard I Was in Town
6. Ballad of Spider John
7. Little Miss Magic
8. California Promises
9. If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
10. African Friend
11. Everlasting Moon
12. Pre-You
13. Middle of the Night
14. Coast of Marseilles
15. Island
16. He Went to Paris
17. Stars Fell on Alabama
18. Changing Channels
19. Twelve Volt Man

Details
Producer:	Jimmy Buffett
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album Notes
Digitally remastered at Future Disc Systems, W. Hollywood, California.
   
Compiles material from Buffett's albums (1970-1990) and some unreleased songs. Includes extensive liner notes, a track-by-track description by Jimmy Buffett, and color photos.
With sell-out concerts year after year and an empire incorporating everything from best-selling books to a restaurant chain, singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett transformed himself an icon of laid-back, island-dwelling eccentricity. Buffett revels in the world of life's merry dropouts, of beach bums, sailors, barflies, nomads, and minstrels. His box set, BOATS, BEACHES, BARS & BALLADS, cleverly divides his gargantuan catalogue into major themes, offering up four distinct discs that celebrate the subtly varied aspects of his aesthetic.
The BOATS section is dominated by more wistful songs, with occasional gusts of wind like "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" and an excellent cover of "On a Slow Boat to China." BEACHES starts fittingly wasted away in his Top 10 moment, "Margaritaville," and is followed by a mix of joy and pain that ends in Buffett's unforgettable novelty hit, "Cheeseburger in Paradise." Naturally, BARS is the most raucous set, peppered with rockers ("Fins"), sing-alongs ("Why Don't We Get Drunk"), and wistful nostalgia ("Pencil Thin Mustache"). Topping off this excellent compilation, BALLADS sums up the oft-forgotten depth of Buffett's storytelling, opening with the extraordinary beauty of "Come Monday" and flipping through a scrapbook of quiet elegance.

Editorial Reviews
..an impressive 72-song collection...If you like Buffett you already own this. If you don't, maybe you need to fire one up, take a sip of your margarita, get naked and join the conga line..
Musician (12/01/1992)